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Sri Lankan military says it sinks 2 rebel boats
Tuesday, 18 November 2008 - 8:48 PM SL Time
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Sri Lankan naval forces backed by helicopter gunships attacked a group of rebel boats early Tuesday, sinking two and killing six Tamil Tiger sailors, the military said. The battle erupted in Nayaru Lagoon on Sri Lanka - `s northeast coast, just south of the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu, when navy forces attacked seven Tamil Tiger boats, the military said in a statement.
The navy sank two rebel boats and severely damaged a third, killing six rebel sailors, the military said.
As the remaining rebel boats fled to shore to be hauled out of the water, attack helicopters pounded them with airstrikes, it said.
The military also launched airstrikes in other parts of the north, sending helicopters to attack a rebel gathering point in Kilinochchi district early Tuesday, the military said.
It was not possible to contact rebel officials for comment because most communication lines with the north have been severed. Independent accounts are difficult to obtain from the battlefield because most journalists are barred from the war zone.
Meanwhile, ground battles continued across the war front, with troops attacking Tamil Tiger fighters in the Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi fronts and destroying several rebel bunkers, the military said.
The rebel-affiliated Web site TamilNet said the military targeted the town of Paranthan with an artillery barrage Monday, killing a civilian a 24-year-old man and wounding six others, including two elderly men.
In recent months, the government has pushed the rebels out of large swathes of territory they once held in the north and vowed to crush the group and end the island nation`s civil war.
The Tamil Tigers have fought since 1983 to create an independent state for the country`s ethnic minority Tamils, who have suffered marginalization by ethnic Sinhalese-controlled governments. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence.
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aruma
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 18 Nov 2008 18:01:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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SLN & the SLAF have sunk only 2 tiger fishing boats????
Guys...thats not enough!!
Spending millions of rupees...just for sinking 2 tiger terrorist boats is largely below the target of the SLDF!!
How many bomb laden terrorist boats are waiting to go into action?
FIND THEM & DESTROY THEM!
Edited By - aruma - 18 Nov 2008 18:03:03 GMT |
kiwikanga
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 19 Nov 2008 23:04:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Cost of killing one tiger = Rs.42m!!
The government spent Rs. 583 billion for defense in the past seven years. According to government figures, the number of killed LTTE cadres during this period is 25,000 and according to those calculations each head of a slain LTTE cadre is worth of Rs. 22 million. But the Army Commander says that the number of eliminated LTTE cadres is 13,000 and accordingly, the expense for killing one Tiger is Rs 42 million - Lankaenews.
Edited By - kiwikanga - 19 Nov 2008 23:07:50 GMT |
magha
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 20 Nov 2008 05:53:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Cost of killing one tiger = Rs.42m!!
One moron had done a stupid calculation and we have people with tunnel vision to absorb that as genuine data indicating a failure of investment .
Kiwikanga,
Why don't you calculate the area liberated by spending this amount , the freedom the people of those areas would enjoy coming out of LTTE clutches and the long term prosperity they would have ,living in peace and harmony with the rest of the country,than just calculate the heads of killed LTTE carders for the amount spent for the defense of the sovereignty and the integrity of a country . |
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